we first met mila a day earlier where she volunteers. somebody saw that a missile hit my backyard. i was crying so bad. reporter: how did you deal with that? i have to take that energy and convert it into something. reporter: she finally got a call but it was not from azume. i heard him for the first time after a whole month. i was happy they were alive but i was terrified they were in russia and i don t know, should i be happy, should i be sad? reporter: mila s only option, she said, was to hire a smuggler to drive her family from russia to safety here in poland. somebody from poland gave me number of people who transfer
somebody said that missile actually hit my backyard, and i was crying so bad. i just didn t know. how did you deal with that? i came to poland to take that energy and convert it into something. reporter: she finally got a call, but it was not from azun. i heard them for the first time after whole month. i was so torn. i was happy they alive, but i was terrified that they re in russia. and i don t know. should i be happy, or should i be sad? reporter: mila s only option, she says, was to hire a smuggler to drive her family from russia to safety here in poland. somebody from poland gave me a number of people who transport, smuggling basically. obviously it s dangerous, dangerous activity in russia.
reporter: how do you deal with that? i came to poland to take that energy and convert it into something. reporter: she finally got a call, but it was not from azune. i heard them for the first time after a whole month. i was so torn. i was terrified that they re in russia. i don t know. should i be happy or should i be sad? reporter: mila s only option, she said, was to hire a smuggler to drive her family from russia to safety in poland. somebody in poland gave me a number of people who transferred people. it is dangerous activity in russia. very dangerous. reporter: now they are reunited. but how did the victims of putin s war end up in russia? desperate to flee, they tell us
i heard them for the first time after whole month. i was so torn. i was happy they alive, but i was terrified that they are in russia. and i don t know, should i be happy or should i be sad? reporter: mila s only option, she says, was to hire a smuggler to drive her family from russia to safety here in poland. somebody from poland gave me a number of people who transport, smuggling basically. obviously, it s dangerous. dangerous activity in russia. very dangerous. reporter: now they are reunited, but how did the victims of putin s war end up in russia? desperate to flee, they tell us they could only find one way out. a private driver offered a ride to the russian border. now they fill me in the details and it actually was even worse than i thought.